PM assures prompt action on Verma panel suggestions

January 30, 2013 14:30

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said his government will be prompt in pursuing the recommendations of the J S Verma Committee to amend the law to deal effectively with cases of sexual assault against women.

In a letter to Justice Verma, former Chief Justice of India, Singh thanked him and other two members of the committee -- Justice (retd) Leila Seth and former Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian -- for completing within a short period of 30 days the work of the panel, set up in the wake of the brutal gangrape and assault of a 23-year-old here on December 16 last.

"That the committee submitted its report within a short period of 30 days is testimony to your commitment and concern for the public good...

"On behalf of our government, I assure you that we will be prompt in pursuing the recommendations of the committee," the prime minister said in the letter.

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